ScoobadoodMar 16
Nanoraptor

If you’ve ever had a PET scan then there was a time in your life where you shot antimatter and gamma rays from your eyes.

(Technically many other places too yes but give yourself this win)

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Show threadGender David CopperfieldMar 16
@NanoRaptor commodore made a medical imaging product? i had no idea.
Show threadkabel42Mar 16
@NanoRaptor are you scanning for Polyethylene terephthalate or with?
Is it just hitting someone with an empty coke bottle? 
Show threadRyan FinnieMar 16

@NanoRaptor I've had two cervical disc fusion surgeries (5 years apart), which means:

1) I have two different dead people in my neck. Supposedly there's the option of artificial shims now, but not for me. Dead guys.
2) I like to say I have more titanium in my neck than the Borg Queen.

Show threadSimon ZerafaMar 16

@NanoRaptor

I'll stick to bananas when I want to emit antimatter.

If it goes to my head I will eventually have a positonic brain

Show threadRamin HonaryMar 16
@simonzerafa
I am ashamed to admit that I understood this joke, Dr. Noonian Soong.

@NanoRaptor
Show threadSimon ZerafaMar 17

@ramin_hal9001 @NanoRaptor

Issac Asimov and Star Trek 😉

Show threadNanoraptorMar 16

@simonzerafa My PET scan was to track down if there was something particularly bad re: my migraines; twice a week for years in my 20s. Seemed a bit too awful for *just* migraines. But nope, migraines.

*definitely* had a positronic brain for a bit!

Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Mar 16

@NanoRaptor does being filled with 99m-Tc and then being SPECT-CT scanned count?

I was *fizzing* that day.

Show threadRue MohrMar 16
@NanoRaptor sorry for the slop, but its a really stupid joke that I just cant pull off fast enough to make it worth it.
Show threadNanoraptorMar 16
@RueNahcMohr oh this is TERRIBLE and honestly jealous I didn’t think of it myself.
Show threadnone gender with left politicsMar 16
@NanoRaptor I'm constantly shooting IR beams from my eyes (and also the rest of my body)
Show threadDarryl RammMar 16

@NanoRaptor

I prefer to boost my antimater and gamma ray reserves by eating 🍌

Show threadmouse.sys ▒Mar 16
@NanoRaptor yay! happy cyborg noises
Show threadFritz AdalisMar 16
@NanoRaptor
You can also get images suitable for 3D printing, for spares.
Show threadNick 'The Viking'Mar 16

@NanoRaptor

Then one would be slightly heavier, yes?

Show threadBernard SheppardMar 16

@nlarson830 @NanoRaptor No, lighter!

Most of the positrons encounter electrons, anialate and emit gamma radiation which is what is actually detected in a PET scan.

It is the contrast media that emits the positions in PET.

That said, I have, rather conveniently ignored the mass of the contrast media, which would make you temporarily heavier.

Show threadMelissa BearTrixMar 16

@NanoRaptor

I've had two ... They were nice

Hugz & xXx

Show threadNanoraptorMar 16

@MelissaBearTrix just one here! Decades ago.

My brain is officially normal. Ish.

Show threadMelissa BearTrixMar 16

@NanoRaptor

Mine were looking for cancer ... Head to toe, no cancer yet ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

Show threadNanoraptorMar 16
@MelissaBearTrix Now that's the kind of result you need. May they continue to be that kinda Nice!
Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 16
@NanoRaptor @MelissaBearTrix Or any time you eat a banana
Show threadJames 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺Mar 17
@NanoRaptor Go go gadget gamma ray butthole
Show threadAndre Levo-thigh-roxineMar 17
@NanoRaptor I had thyroid cancer and had to take iodine-131 and, after a week, get a PET scan. It's a bit weird to go to the hospital and need like "your imaging radiation source is here. Where do i sign in for delivery?"
Show threadTykaynMar 18
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Instructions unclear, my car didn't like to be in the printer's scanner and i didn't saw much lasers out of his eyes